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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

` J. C. DICKEY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

REVOLVING FRAME FOR DRYING FRUITS AND OTHER ARTICLES.

. Specificationiof Letters Patent No. 8,139, dated June `3, 1851.`

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J. C. DICKEY, of the city and county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Drying Clothes, Glue, and other Articles, called a Portable Revolving Frame, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing making a part `of this specification, of which n i i t Figure `l, isa perspective view of the frame ready for use, of which A A A are the legs `which support the spindle B by the iianges C C and the bolts D D upon which the legsmove freely, so asto bring the lower ends together to remove the frame at pleasure.

rlhe spindle B is made conical, as represented by t-he dotted lines; and is inserted into the tube of the center E, which revolves freely upon it; and has four hollow arms F F F F projecting from it which are open atthe loweredge. The sides of these arms project beyond the top and are perforated to receive `the bolts Gr G G G, which pass through them, and through the arms H H H` H, which may be raised up as represented by the `dotted lines H', so as to bring the arms together when theJfra-me is not in use; and lwhen they are spread the lower ends strike the`icenter E, which sustains them in a proper position. These arms are perforated and the holes are threaded with a cord I I I of aproper size, upon which t-he clothes are hung to dry. V`

Operation: To use the above described frame place the stand in some convenient situation, andput the center E upon the spindle B, and place the arms H H H in the position represented in the drawing, and it is ready to receive the clothes to be dried. After the clothes are dried and removed, the arms may be raised up, and the frame removedto any convenient place, until it is wanted for further use. I contemplate covering this frame with a net for the purpose of drying glue, soap, etc.` Also to cover it with cloth for the purposeof drying fruit, seeds, grain, etc. I-alsocontemplate that a series of these frames may be placed above one another by means of the spindle K, on the top of the center E, to support the centerof the next frame above and so on in succession. Or the centers may `be made with holes through them, and a series of them placed upon along spindle one above another.` `These frames may be used to great advantage on the tops of houses or on piazzas, by having a permanent or movable `post, witha spindle in it, to fit the tube of the center E. And as the articles to be dried are put upon the frame, it may be turned so as to bring all parts of it within reach of the operator. `When the frame is 'covered with a net or cloth to dry glue, fruit,

etc., the arms H H &c., may be raised up, so as to collect the article dried in the center, and the frame may be taken off and turned over, toempty it; and thus save much time and labor in collecting the articles dried uponthe frame. These frames may be made with three or more armsas may best1 suit the `purposes for which it is to be use I do not intend to limit my invention to the precise form of construction described,`

but to vary it to suit the circumstances in which it is to be used, while I accomplish the desired object, by means substantially the same.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure byLetters Patent, in theabove described portable frame is- The center E with three or more arms to support a cord, `netting or cloth, for the purpose of exposing cloths, clothes, glue, fruits, seeds, etc., with facility to `be dried; so constructed that the arms may be raised up, and brought together, to expedite the collection of the articles dried; and so that it may be conveniently removed when not 

